Bloomberg: Iran’s new domestically built submarines are to be unveiled in August, Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said.
Iranian-made submarines to be unveiled next month, Defense Minister says
Iran urges US to drop ‘cowboy logic’ over nuclear issue
BBC: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said the US must stop using “cowboy logic” if it wants dialogue with Iran over its nuclear programme.
Iran slams global agencies as US instruments
AFP: Iran’s parliament speaker Ali Larijani on Monday launched a scathing attack against international bodies, saying that they have been used by major powers like the United States to detrimental ends.
Germany checking bank’s Iran dealings
AP: German authorities are investigating the activities of a Hamburg-based bank that specializes in financing trade between Europe and Iran, after it was blacklisted by the U.S. government in connection with sanctions against Tehran.
Avoiding another intelligence failure on Iran
Wall Street Journal: U.S. intelligence has already had two horrendously costly lapses this decade: the failure to interdict the plot of Sept. 11, 2001, and the erroneous assessment that Saddam Hussein was amassing weapons of mass destruction. Both brought us into wars. A third failure may now be unfolding, with consequences that might dwarf the preceding two. To avoid this, we need an inquest.
Scientist, back in Iran, says U.S. wanted to swap him for 3 hikers
New York Times: The Iranian scientist who American officials say defected to the United States only to be pressured by Iran to return home has made his first appearance since his arrival last week in Tehran, adding details to what he says was his abduction, psychological torture and eventual release by American intelligence agents.
Small bank in Germany tied to Iran nuclear effort
Wall Street Journal: As the international sanctions noose tightens around Iran’s nuclear program, Tehran is increasingly relying on a small, Iranian-owned bank in Germany to conduct business on behalf of the regime’s blacklisted companies, Western officials say.
Ahmadinejad accuses US forces for bombings in Iran
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday accused US forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan of backing the bombings such as the two suicide attacks which killed at least 28 people in southeast Iran.
US wanted to ‘swap Iranian scientist for hikers’
AFP: An Iranian scientist, who returned home last week charging he had been held by US agents for more than a year, has said that they pressed him to agree to be exchanged in a “spy” swap for three US hikers in custody in Tehran.
Iran floats idea of using UAE dirhams in oil trade
Reuters: Iran may seek payment for its oil exports to Europe in UAE dirhams rather than euros because tougher EU sanctions could block Iranian transactions in the single European currency, an Iranian official said on Sunday.
